Cross-line buckle.



A. F. CARLSON.

GRGSS LINE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED 141111.22, 1909.

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Patented sept.14,1909.

ANDREW F. CARLSON, OF AXTELL, NEBRASKA.

CROSS-LINE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Application filed March 22, 1909. Serial No. 484,949.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW F. CARLSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Axtell, in the county of Kearney and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cross-Line Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates .to buckles for harness, and particularly to what are known as cross-line buckles.

The invention consists in the peculiar novel construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention with sections of lines or checks attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspective views of the two main parts of the buckle.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawings similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

The buckle constituting the subject-matter of this invention lconsists of two main parts,-an anchor member 10 and a tongue member 11, said members being connected by a pintle member 12.

The anchor member 10, shown in Fig. 5, comprises a hollow oblong construction having a seat 13 and a corresponding seat 14 for the reception of a main line or check 15, and also having upwardly projecting ears or flanges 16. The seat 14 is provided with a notch or depression 14a.

The tongue member 11 is of the same general form as the anchor member, but is narrower and is nested within or between the ears 16 of the first mentioned member. The body portion 17 of the tongue member rests closely upon the line or check 15 and is provided with ears 18 which extend downward into the interior of the opening 19 of the anchor member as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The member 11 is also provided with a stud 20 projecting at right angles therefrom and into the notch 14a aforesaid, said stud being adapted to pass through any one of a series of holes 151 in the check or line. The cross-check or line 21 is provided with a loop 22 which is received between the ears 18 aforesaid and is secured therein by the pintle 12. The pintle, therefore, constitutes not only a means for positively and rigidly securing the members 1() and 11 together but also a support for the cross-line or check 21.

As indicated the pintle 12 has threaded connection with the members 10 and 11 of the buckle and thereby is prevented from displacement. When it is desired to change the adjustment of the cross-line the pintle 12 is withdrawn, permitting the member 11 to be lifted out of place and its stud 2() replaced in any other hole 15a, whereupon the buckle will be assembled and secured as before b the pintle 12.

A buckle constructed in accordance with this invention is exceedingly simple and cheap to make, and is especially meritorious in that it has no projecting parts to become entangled with other parts of the harness or netting, a matter of vast importance in this classof devices.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The herein described buckle comprising an anchor member having a strap seat and upwardly projecting ianges, a member having a substantially flat portion opposite the strap seat aforesaid, a pair of ears projecting therefrom and downward between the aforesaid flanges, and a stud extending from said flat portion toward said seat and a pintle passed through the aforesaid flanges and ears securing the aforesaid members rigidly together.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a main line and crossline, of a buckle comprising an anchor member having a hollow center, a flat seat for the reception of said main line, and upwardly projecting flanges, said flat seat having a notch, a tongue member having a flat body portion lying against the strap, said body portion having a stud projecting through the strap into said notch, and a pair of ears projecting downwardly into the hollow center of the anchor member and between its flanges, and a pintle passed through the flanges and ears, rigidly securing the anchor and tongue members together, the cross-line being connected to said pintle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW F. CARLSON.

Witnesses:

J. H. JENSEN, LEwIs C. PAULsoN. 

